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According to CIPS / Profex, which one of the following is not a connected stakeholder? Select one.
Kotter and Schlesinger suggested six approaches to organisational change. One approach is based on the idea that people don’t really understand, and by increasing their understanding, commitment could be won. This relatively soft approach to change is called:
R Meredith Belbin made a distinction in his work between 'solo leaders', who were kind-of historic leaders; and 'team leaders' who are seen as being leaders for modern times, or of the future.
From the list shown, select the one answer which represents the solo leader, rather than the team leader.
Which two of the following actions are most likely to be carried out by the buying organisation?
‘A person who is reliable in seeing a task through to the end’. From the ‘doing / acting’ section, which of the Belbin team roles is being described here?
CIPS believes that it is good practice for different staff members to be responsible for three key ac-tivities in procurement (specifying / requisitioning; sourcing / contracting; authorising payment), in order to reduce the likelihood of malpractice, and to do what is in the best interests of the organisa-tion. Select two of the following terms which this principle is known by.
Continuous improvement – making small changes in operations and activities in a never-ending way – is called in Japanese:
‘A person who is reliable in seeing a task through to the end’.
Which of the Belbin team roles is being described here?
(An easy one – perhaps too easy)
Which one of the Tuckman stages of team development is being described here?
‘..the team struggles to come together … conflict … competing for status and position’
A cross-functional team is created to help progress the development of a new product in a manufac-turing business. Which two of the following activities are unlikely to be allocated to the representa-tive from the accounting and finance function?
Which two of the following could not be classified as internal triggers for change? A change of:
Which two of the following are ‘soft’ factors, within the framework of the ‘McKinsey 7S’ model?
If the speed of change was incremental, and the extent of change was realignment, what single term might we use to describe this change?
Thinking of the cultural web (Johnson and Scholes), which of the following refers to the idea that past events will be recurringly discussed and kept alive by current employees telling newcomers, reinforcing certain aspects of culture?
According to CIPS, which of the following are not internal stakeholders? Select one.
‘A person who cares for individuals and the team, a good listener, finds it hard to take difficult deci-sions’. From the ‘concern for people and feelings’ section of Belbin’s roles:
Thinking of the cultural web, which of the following refers to events or routines which take place, and really matter to the people involved?
Peter Scholtes identified ten behaviours (have you noticed ho it's always ten, never nine or eleven?)which commonly create problems in teams. Which are the three out of the four shown, which are genuine Scholte terms to describe these undesirable behaviours?
‘A person who solves difficult problems with original and creative ideas’. From the Belbin ‘problem solving / thinking’ section:
‘The individual does not believe that the change is really happening and looks for evidence that it is not true’. Which stage of the Kubler-Ross model does this describe?
‘All procurement requirements valued at more than $100,000 must be competitively tendered, and any contracts arising therefrom must be signed by the Procurement Director’. This is an example of a:
TESTED 28 Apr 2024